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THE DIAMONDBACK Our 102ND Year, No. 25

THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER

County councilman opposes installing local slots IFC calls Although slots could spur economic growth, Olson introduced bill to prohibit them

BY JIM BACH Staff writer

Although a bill to allow slot machines in this state passed in 2008, students hoping for these gambling devices to crop up minutes from the campus may have to travel outside the county to bet their money due to a county councilman’s opposition.

While slot supporters have said the machines’ revenue would help fuel economic growth in the state, Prince George’s County Councilman Eric

Olson (D-College Park) introduced a bill last month to prohibit them in this county. The council will hold a meeting today to discuss the issue.

Because the nature of gambling encourages people to lose their money, Olson said, slot machine revenue would not provide a sufficient remedy to the county’s economic woes.

Instead, the county should look toward sustainable development practices to spur economic growth and partnerships with this university to create much-needed jobs in the

fields of engineering and biotechnology, Olson said.

“I have concerns about the social ills associated with slots,” Olson said. He added ERIC OLSON that the ecoCOUNTY COUNCILMAN nomic downturn hit county residents hard and now is not the time to bring

parties policy a success

machines that enable residents to bet their mone to the area.

While the 2008 statewide referendum authorized five locations to install slot machines, the county — and consequentially College Park —was not one of them. But Olson said he wanted to make certain they wouldn’t be in the county he represents.

In January 2009, Olson introduced a bill that would prohibit slot machines in the county, but the bill

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With rush over, no chapters placed on social moratorium

An olympic legacy

BY REBECCA LURYE Staff writer

Now that rush is officially over, Interfraternity Council members said this semester’s first-ever policy against rush parties was a success and put chapter presidents one step closer to eliminating alcohol entirely from the member recruitment process.

The policy instituted this semester required chapter presidents to warn other presidents if they heard another fraternity would be hosting a rush party with alcohol. Additionally, it recommended members tell an IFC executive board member. At least five presidents gave warning calls to another fraternity’s leadership suggesting they shut down a recruitment party between Sept. 8 and 21, according to IFC executive board president Marc George.

Because these presidents complied, no chapters were placed on social moratorium, the consequence for fraternity members throwing a party and having the incident reported to the IFC, a council representing 22 university chapters, George said. This would have prohibited a fraternity from holding social events during rush week.

“Overall, I’d say it was a success, and we’re working to improve the overall situation for next semester,” said George, a senior behavioral sciences and community health major.

The warning calls fostered communication between chapter presidents, which George said allowed the chapters to quash parties themselves without involving the police.

“It sounds like Greek students support this and are buying into the idea that if they can be their own brothers’ and sisters’ keeper, they can help,” said Assistant Vice President of Student

Iconic olympian John Carlos speaks to students

BY QUINN KELLEY For The Diamondback

Forty-three years ago, John Carlos was a world-class runner who became a civil rights icon after using the black power salute on the awards podium at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Last night, he addressed about 100 students and faculty members in the Hoff Theater about his historic life and encouraged the group to be civil activists and to “go against the grain.”

Carlos, with sports journalist Dave

John Carlos (left), an icon and former olympian, spoke about his life to students last night in Hoff Theater. PHOTO COURTESY OF HAINGU.WORDPRESS.COM

see CARLOS, page 3

INSET PHOTO BY CHARLIE DEBOYACE/ THE DIAMONDBACK

see RUSH, page 3

City may fund market study of Route 1 economy Study would highlight city’s business needs

BY LAUREN KIRKWOOD Staff writer

The City of College Park may contribute $5,000 to help fund a study that would provide insight into the downtown economy.

At a work session last night, the College Park City Council heard a proposal to share the costs of a study of the marketplaces of this city, Hyattsville, University Park and Riverdale Park, which Hyattsville Community Development Corporation brought to the council. Because the study would give city officials insight into the nature of the city’s economic needs, several council members said they supported the plan.

The stated goal of the study is to analyze the economic demand, both now and in the future, for retail development along Route 1. It will also examine specific proposed develop-

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ment plans — such as East Campus, a project that would bring hotels, restaurants and housing to College Park, and the Cafritz Property in Riverdale Park, where a Whole Foods Market is slated to be built.

“We have many development issues that have a common effect on us all, be they traffic or other impacts,” Hyattsville CDC Executive Director Stuart Eisenberg said during the meeting. “The idea behind this study would be to help us understand our marketplace — its demand capacity and how much development it can absorb from an economic standpoint.”

It will consider many factors that impact economic climate, including demographics and vacant buildings.

Officials said it will also attempt to assess the demand for future retail projects, such as restaurants and

Oula Alrifai (left) and her brother advocate for Syria in Washington.

COURTESY OF OULA ALRIFAI

Fighting far away from home Exiled senior, political asylee protests Syrian corruption

BY SARAH MEEHAN Senior staff writer

A world away from her childhood home in Syria, Oula Alrifai watches YouTube footage of the revolution there, praying the friends and family she left behind

survive the military barrage.

A brief phone call to her grandmother in Syria reassures her.

They chat about life’s mundane details — last night’s dinner, the weather — but never of the crowds protesting outside her grandmother’s front door and the

militar y tanks that still surround her city.

“If we talk, we have to talk in code because there’s a revolution,” said Alrifai, a senior government and politics major. “Ever ything is

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HONORING THOSE WHO GO BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY

Yesterday, Prince George’s County Police Chief Mark Magaw recognized the contributions of more than 90 officers, personnel and community members in upholding public safety. The honorees included an off-duty county police officer who saved a child from drowning while on vacation in Florida. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

SYRIA from page 1 monitored; the phones are monitored.”

These check-up calls and cellphone videos from protesters on Syrian streets are the 25-year-old Alrifai’s only glimpse of life in Syria.

The countr y’s dictatorial regime operates skewed news outlets, taps phone lines and does not hesitate to remove anyone who challenges its legitimacy, she said.

It’s this per vasive corruption that Alrifai said made her parents and her younger brother begin to protest years before a revolution erupted March 15.

It’s also the reason this family of political asylees may never return to Syria — going back would be a death sentence, Alrifai said.

She now supports her homeland from abroad.

Since the first day of the revolution, she said she has

spent ever y Saturday in Washington, rallying support for Syria by day and lighting candles for the countr y’s martyrs at night.

But Alrifai said she would sacrifice anything to stand alongside her countr ymen instead of campaigning overseas.

“I really feel that I want to be on the streets with them and protesting with them, and I don’t mind if I get killed because I want my countr y to be free,” Alrifai said. “Inside me ever y day, I wish that I was there. I just want to be with them.”

Alrifai’s mother and stepfather cultivated a passion for freedom and civil rights in their daughter from a young age. In 2002 her parents established the Thar wa Foundation, a nongovernmental organization dedicated to stamping out human rights violations in Syria and nearby countries.

But the organization’s mission did not align with Syrian President Bashar Assad’s

goals, Alrifai said.

“We were maybe one of the first families to start saying no and to speak in public about the problems we had, and we paid the price in being exiled,” Alrifai said.

In spring 2005, government of ficials summoned Alrifai’s parents for several rounds of interrogation, and their threats of execution eventually forced them to shutter the of fice, she said.

Assef Shawkat — then head of the countr y’s militar y intelligence agency and the president’s brother-in-law — questioned her stepfather one last time before Alrifai and her family fled the countr y.

He gave him a choice — stay in Syria and join the government’s regime or continue working against the government and be killed, she said.

In the months that followed, Alrifai’s family was kept under constant surveillance. Assad’s security forces tailed their ever y

step and wired their phones, she said.

Fearing for their lives, Alrifai’s parents acquired visas from the U.S. embassy and star ted packing. Alrifai arrived in the United States on Sept. 7, 2005 — five days before her 19th bir thday — angered and confused by the injustice she said muscled her out of the only home she’d ever known.

“Syria is my countr y, my home,” Alrifai said. “It was really dif ficult to leave it; I did not want to come here or go anywhere.”

Alrifai has lived in Silver Spring since she left Damascus, the Syrian capital.

She organizes protests at the White House and ser ves on the board of the Shbab Elbalad Movement — a Syrian youth campaign her 21-year-old brother founded.

“I feel that I’m doing good here too, to raise awareness,” Alrifai said.

“I’m tr ying to get their voice heard.”

Arabic professor Sahar Jendi said she attended one of the protests Alrifai organized in Washington.

“The only thing that [Syrian-Americans] can do is keep par ticipating and keep raising our voices high for freedom, justice,” she said.

Despite seven months of peaceful protests, Assad’s regime has yet to crack, and the government continues to use militar y force against its own citizens, she said.

Alrifai’s brother, Mouhanad Abdulhamid, said supporting the revolution hits home because his family has invested years in the struggle against the Syrian government.

“It makes it more personal. It’s not just, I’m doing something for my countr y; I’m doing something for me,” Abdulhamid said. “We have a long histor y fighting this regime.”

And now, Alrifai said, the rest of Syria is speaking out, too.

“The youth in this revolution are saying the same thing to their parents and their grandparents: We can’t be silent anymore,” Alrifai said.

But this fearlessness comes at a cost, she said.

“I know we’re paying a heavy price, and I see kids being tortured and young people being imprisoned, including my friends,” Alrifai said.

“But I know that we’re gonna reach our goal at some point. This regime is not legitimate anymore.”

Alrifai will graduate in December and said she plans to pursue foreign ser vice and international law in graduate school.

Though she hopes to return to Syria one day, Alrifai said she will continue her support from abroad until her homeland is free.

“I don’t think I can go anytime soon, unless I smuggle, and of course no one will let me do that,” she said. meehan@umdbk.com

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2011 | NEWS | THE DIAMONDBACK

CARLOS from page 1 Zirin, wrote The John Carlos Story, a book that came out in July. Zirin said in a lengthy introduction that Carlos’ stor y is still relevant because of racial inequalities that have not gone away since Carlos and gold-medalist Tommie Smith took the podium without shoes and held their gloved fists in the air.

Carlos said he hoped the book would inspire people to create change. He started the talk with the stor y of his birth — “I came in bootyfirst,” he said. “It was almost like I was telling the world to kiss my butt.”

He then told students to stand up against social injustice, even if it is an unpopular decision like his stance on the Olympic podium — Carlos said after the 1968 games, he received death threats and had trouble getting a job.

Senior family science major Ashley Cromartie said Carlos inspired her to fight social injustice with fellow students.

“Band together and don’t let major things just fly under the radar,” she said. “It’s important to step up.”

Nyumburu Cultural Center Director Ronald Zeigler said Carlos set the precedent for professional and amateur ath-

letes to use their position in the spotlight to spur social change.

“A lot of contemporar y athletes, they may be great athletes, but oftentimes, they don’t take on social commitments and address political inequalities,” Zeigler said.

“Dr. John Carlos did do that.”

Alumna Shakeara Mingo agreed, and said she was excited to meet Carlos after the event, which was sponsored by the Nyumburu Black Male Initiative Program and Stamp Student Union.

“Athletes do have a voice, and their voice is stronger than anyone else’s because they’re in the public eye,” she said.

Senior physiology and neurobiology and psychology major Chris Parker, one of several members of the university track team present, added that as athletes, it is easier to spur social change and lead by example.

Parker said he thought Carlos’ main message to students was to create their own paths in life.

“It’s your choice in life to say, ‘I can do better than this in this life,’” Carlos said.

Solomon Comissiong, assistant director of the Nyumburu Cultural Center, said he hopes Carlos inspired students to speak out against social injustices, including the racially- and sexuallycharged abuses against University of Mar yland workers that the Black Faculty and

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Olympic medalist and civil rights icon John Carlos spoke to about 100 attendees in Hoff Theater last night, encouraging students and faculty to be activists themselves and to spark change. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

Staff Association outlined in a report delivered to university President Wallace Loh. “You have to be that inconvenient hero and you have to speak out against these injus-

tices,” said Comissiong, who is also president of the Black Faculty and Staff Association. “[Students] can demand more from their university, and I think that’s their

RUSH from page 1

The College Park City Council discussed funding a study to analyze the city’s economic needs, such as pinpointing vacant buildings like Santa Fe Café. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

think it’s a great idea,” Nagle said. “I’m prepared to supfrom page 1 port this.”

The last market study performed in the area was in 2008, and thus, the informagrocery stores.

“We’re doing this from the tion is outdated, according to supply and the demand a letter from Eisenberg to side,” Eisenberg said. “You the council.

The study will cost between can’t look at one without the other. … This is going to be $25,000 and $30,000. Eisena great ser vice to your berg said he is requesting $5,000 from each municipality smaller businesses.”

He added that because the to fund the project.

While District 4 Counciluniversity is such an important aspect of the commu- woman Denise Mitchell nity, the study will specifi- expressed concerns about the cally look at student spend- role of each individual coming patterns and how they munity in the study, Eisenberg said the Hyattsville CDC affect the area.

District 1 Councilwoman wants each town to be Christine Nagle said the study involved in the project but will will prove beneficial for the not come back to the communities to request more than city’s community.

“I’m very intrigued by your the initial $5,000.

“Where people tend to go proposal and I have to say I

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“Where are people shopping outside of our communities?

That is one question.”

STUART EISENBERG HYATTSVILLE CDC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

factors into what constitutes a market,” he said. “Where are people shopping outside of our communities? That is one question. … Looking at these things comprehensively is important.”

Affairs Warren Kelley, who cochairs the UM Alcohol Coalition.

Several members of the Greek community said there were less recruitment parties with alcohol this semester than in previous years.

“Since the policy was put in place, fraternities were really good about not throwing the parties,” said junior biology major Kaitlyn Stiefvater, a member of Alpha Phi. However, George said there’s still room for improvement when crafting next semester’s policy, as fraternities may have thrown parties without the IFC knowing. “[Fraternities] have parties, and they’re fun, but that’s not where rush takes place,” said junior economics major Brian, a fraternity member whose last name has been withheld because he discussed underage drinking. “Some are rush parties, I can’t deny that, but some aren’t. Freshmen just show up, so maybe it’s rush for them, but it’s not for us.”

However, he said the policy gave presidents a simple method to ensure their chapter was not held liable for others’ parties, which fraternity members worry could result in a loss of privileges for the Greek community.

“If we hear a party’s happening one night, it would really suck if the next day I found out we lost our house or all fraternities were kicked out for an incident not related to us,” Brian said. “The policy, I feel like everybody is fine with it.”

The executive board is currently collecting feedback from chapter presidents on the policy’s effectiveness to shape how it changes in the spring.

“I believe it’s certainly a step in the right direction, even though it took a lot of criticism

responsibility to do so.”

Comissiong said Carlos has impacted the lives of students in ways they may not realize.

“They’ve been impacted by his sacrifices, they just don’t

from the public,” said Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life Director Matt Supple.

“Even if there were possibly some violations to that policy, I think it’s promoting the right type of behavior, and it should continue to be in place.”

In order for all chapters to comply with the IFC’s dry rush party rule, a cultural shift will need to occur campus-wide, as many new students seemingly expect fraternities to supply them with alcohol, George said.

The change may require help from university officials and the Department of Resident Life, he said.

“One of the biggest challenges is no matter what policy we create, it’s very difficult to stop the hundreds of freshmen … who walk down College Avenue the first week of college and come to each house,” George said.

Because University Police do not label off-campus houses as fraternity satellite homes, police spokesman Capt. Marc Limansky said the department did not know if any rush parties had been broken up.

University Police Chief David Mitchell created a new initiative this semester that allowed students to notify a police officer if they planned to host a legal party; if underage people tried to slip through the doors, the hosts could contact police to help, Limansky said.

However, Limansky said no one took the department up on this offer, partly because most students throwing parties in the city plan to serve underage people.

“It’s a new thing and people might be skeptical about it,” he said. “If a bunch of graduate students want to have a nice gathering and they get overtaken by roaming bands of incoming freshmen … we can show up,” he said. lurye@umdbk.com

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SLOTS from page 1 did not make it out of committee. With new faces on the council this year and the arrival of County Executive Rushern Baker (D), Olson reintroduced the bill with fellow council members Will Campos (D-Hyattsville) and Andrea Harrison (D-Springdale) to squash speculation the county would ever create slot machine venues.

“There’s three of us on the bill,” Olson said. “There’s definitely support from the council.”

College Park Mayor Andy Fellows, who agrees with the proposal, said it is unlikely the city council would approve of such machines within city limits, calling them the “last thing College Park needs.”

“I believe the council would be wholeheartedly opposed to it,” Fellows said. “I think the idea that gambling for spurring economic growth is a regressive idea.”

However, state Senate President Mike Miller (D-Calvert and Prince George’s) is opposing the measure, and said county officials should be putting the state’s needs over their own jurisdictions’ interests.

The state is also losing potential revenue opportunities to states, such as Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, with better gaming venues, Miller said.

The additional revenue could be used to lower taxes and help create an economic boom, he added.

“The state has a preeminent role in regards to issues involving gambling,” he said. “I think that Councilman Olson would be wiser if he focused on areas in College Park.”

Bringing slot machines would benefit the state’s unemployment numbers, according to Miller.

“It’s a win-win for ever yone,” he said. “It means jobs, jobs and more jobs.” Miller added that slot machines in the county would create about 1,000 retail clerk jobs.

Several students said they’d support the gambling devices in the county and in the city.

“Slot machines are pretty much, in essence, the same thing as the lotter y,” said sophomore criminology and criminal justice major Kim Closs. “I think it should be legal. ... If you want to go risk your money, then go for it.” bach@umdbk.com

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Redesigning McKeldin

Moving toward justice

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We have great faith in the participants’ abilities; the anthropology departere in The Diamondback’s newsroom, we appreciate the value of experiential learning and applying knowledge outside the class- ment has a highly demanding and advanced course load, and the College of room. This editorial board is all for student collaboration — it’s Architecture, Planning and Preservation holds its students to exceptionally an essential aspect of our own work process every day. We under- high performance standards.

But McKeldin is the principal on-campus librar y and thousands of stustand how important it is for students to practice the specific teamwork skills dents depend ever y day upon the tools and ser vices it provides. Many of they’ll ultimately need for their careers while still in school. them are loyal customers — they frequent the same But sometimes, group projects don’t work out. They spot on the same floor at the same time ever y week can demand too much of students, or there might not and they take that routine ver y seriously. There’s also be enough people to handle the workload. Redesigning the layout and re-examining the role of the main Students and officials should the finals-week-only breed — students who see the librar y as motivation to keep on trucking through their library at a large public institution, for example, seems be careful to consider the all-nighters. to fall under that category. there are the students who have never set foot Throughout the year, students in ANTH606: Qualitaopinions of all students as in Then the library. Many of them probably couldn’t care less tive Methods in Applied Anthropology will conduct inter views with librar y users and obser ve how stu- they conduct research for the about this redesign — they aren’t losing sleep over how desks are clustered together on the second floor. dents and faculty members utilize the spaces in McKMcKeldin Library redesign. many But these are the students who most need to be heard eldin Librar y. The ultimate goal is to redesign the about what improvements they’d like to see. This target library to more closely mirror what students want it to be. With the help of a $50,000 donation, architecture students will then han- audience should be questioned to truly get an understanding of what needs to happen to make the library more inviting, yet this is the population most dle the actual process of revamping the building to fit those ideas.

Libraries Dean Patricia Steele called the project a “groundbreaking” idea. likely to be left out of the process.

A campus librar y should feel inviting to the entire university community While we agree it’s an innovative approach to improving a crucial student ser vice that participants will likely find beneficial and enjoyable, this edito- — that’s the goal of this project. Anthropology students’ research shouldn’t just revolve around observing the behavior of and collecting input from sturial board is left to question some of its elements.

There are clearly immense benefits to researching and sharing findings dents they find working in the library. The sample size isn’t random or repacross disciplines. But group work can easily turn sour and ideas can lose resentative of the whole student population — it only includes those students shape while crossing from one party to another. We aren’t suggesting this proj- who at least somewhat approve of the library’s current setup. This would be ect will fail because of poor communication skills or other inter-group problems the ultimate faux pas in such an extensive project. It’s perhaps even more — or even that it will fail at all — but we still urge members to look outside the important to venture outside the very walls they are planning to redesign.

These students need to make sure they gather input from the entire comwalls of the library and engage the entire community in this vital endeavor.

Of course, the students won’t be solely accountable. Architecture students munity, either by administering campus-wide surveys, hosting open forums will be teaming up with a professional contracting group — Ayers Saint or launching similar initiatives.

We have faith McKeldin can ultimately become a library for everyone. But Gross — for the actual blueprint-drawing process. Librar y officials will no without engaging everyone, it will never get there. doubt be closely involved throughout.

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Editorial cartoon: Kevin Brooks

College Park: A wicked nightlife

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ollege Park is cracking down on underage drinking.

Suddenly, bars blacklight IDs and police are showing up uninvited at house parties. There’s plenty to complain about, but sometimes perspective is necessary. So I traveled eight hours to central Massachusetts, a realm unlike any other I’ve been to in my life.

Stop one: University of Massachusetts, aka UMass. It was a house party on a Friday night, so what could possibly go wrong? Well, apparently Friday nights aren’t too big up there. It’s more of a “Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday school,” I was told.

My apologies. Where would I get the idea Friday is a night worth looking forward to? Ignoring what I had just heard, my group of six from College Park proceeded to two house parties. Two houses with a combined nine people — that’s your Friday at UMass.

The natives had questionable IQs. “Dude,” one inebriated UMass student with a classic Boston accent yelled to me, sitting on a couch enjoying an adult bev-

SAM SPIEGELMAN erage. “Did you guys call each other before you two went out tonight? You guys look like brothers!”

It turns out two buddies wearing button-down shirts practically makes you twins. Aside from completely distinct personalities, facial features and body frame, he was absolutely right.

With the locals as entertaining as the crowd at a retirement home and the party scene bumping as much as a Radiohead song, the bars seemed the most reasonable option.

Think again. Massachusetts bars close at 1 a.m., also known as the time some people leave for Cornerstone Grill and Loft. There were no words to describe the awe we felt when hit with that bomb. On to stop two — Assumption College and a night on

the town in Worcester, Mass.

How’s this for a Saturday morning extravaganza: a bunch of dudes, clothed in the vibrant colors of the rainbow, enjoying cocktails — you know, the type with the umbrellas. With Hawaiian shirts, questionable facial hair or something Lady Gaga might wear at the MTV Awards, the Assumption men started their weekend … in their own style.

Maybe it’s just not my cup of tea. However, there was something rewarding about getting yelled at by men in skirts for flaunting my Yankees jersey.

As night approached, the infamous Salty Dog Saloon was our destination.

It’s a bar heralded for its lack of boundaries, cheap alcohol and unpredictability.

It was Worcester’s Thirsty Turtle, supposedly. But it turned out to be so much more. A mechanical bull is the center of attention at the Dog. Ridden by students, natives and the always entertaining middle-aged women, all in attendance watch the bull riders fail miserably in their attempts at notoriety.

If that’s all central Massachusetts has to offer, the wretched smell in R.J. Bent-

ley’s suddenly seems more appealing … especially on a Friday. College Park, at times, is nothing to write home about.

But when it comes down to it, it’s the greatest mixture of nightlife a college town could offer.

Would Cornerstone turn off the lights at 1 a.m.? I don’t know, would blink-182 release a bad album? Does College Park have a reputation for taking it easy on Fridays? I don’t know, does Tyler Perry produce a bunch of hit sitcoms?

Do the students at this university sometimes confuse identical twins with two males, simply because both are wearing jeans and sneakers? The answer is no — we have academic standards that must be met before receiving acceptance letters.

Sorry UMass and Assumption College, but College Park, in my mind, is the quintessential college town. And it takes a lot more than 40-year-old women riding a mechanical bull to impress me.

Sam Spiegelman is a senior journalism major. He can be reached at spiegelman@umdbk.com.

Dr. Z: The man, the mystery

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f you have been to the fine College Park bars a time or two, chances are you may have run into an older gentleman named Jerald Zeger — the man better known to us college folks as Dr. Z. The eccentric outfits and nifty moves on the dance floor make him stand out from the college guys pounding down beers and hunting down girls like they’re on an African safari adventure. Dr. Z is well-known in this area, but his story is shrouded in a fog of mystery.

When I sat down with the man, I quickly realized the interview would be unlike any I had done before. I bet you didn’t know he holds doctorates in chemistry and computer science, as well as a law degree and a real estate license, or that he has taught at this university’s and Harvard’s graduate schools.

Some people think this older man is a creep or pervert because he consistently hangs out at college bars.

And while I can understand some of

their concern, to hear Dr. Z tell it, their suspicions couldn’t be further from the truth.

While we view the bars as places to get drunk while immersed in the smell of vomit and sweat (R.J. Bentley’s, anyone?), Dr. Z views them as research. This research isn’t for a class or a project, but for the man himself. “I’m trying to study the personality of the people, and I found out that when people are drinking, their real personality comes out,” Zeger said. “Not their mask, not what they learned how to do in church and family gatherings, but their real personality — how they are with other people.”

After contemplating this for a minute, I couldn’t help but agree to a certain extent. Indeed, alcohol does make it easier to talk to new people and helps us feel comfortable saying the stupidest things. Maybe the barriers from insecurity and past rejections in life lead us to create the masks that he speaks of, which only

JOSH BIRCH come off when alcohol is in our system and we don’t care how we are viewed. But is the theory true? It is debatable at best, and certainly can’t be used as a blanket statement for society as a whole.

You see, Dr. Z views himself as a professional learner. As I understood it, he believes people limit themselves because of fear of failure or social rejection. He has learned to allow only reality to limit what he can and can’t do. Success, to him, means doing his best. “Very, very, very rarely ever are you the best,” Zeger said, “but I can absolutely guarantee that 100 percent of the time you can do your best.”

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with these studies have been circulating for years. Perhaps from these books we will learn how he has witnessed the change in college students over the decades. After all, no one person could have uncovered all of the mysteries that surround this man in one interview.

I guess that time-tested statement of “you can’t judge a book by its cover” is true, after all. Beyond the unique clothes and dance moves is a man who few will take the time to get to know but has a stor y that all should hear.

Maybe the stor y was a bit farfetched, or maybe it was the absolute truth. All I know is if I hadn’t had to write this column, I probably would have never taken the time to listen to him — but I guess society has taught us all to judge entirely too fast. Sad, isn’t it?

Josh Birch is a senior communication and history major. He can be reached at birch@umdbk.com.

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wo events have me riveted this week: One is the ongoing organized protest known as Occupy Wall Street and its sister protests across the country. The other, seemingly unrelated, event took place at the very beginning of this week, when musician Hank Williams Jr. compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and argued Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are “the enemy.” I think the two events are strangely — or perhaps not so strangely — related. Williams is very conservative and has been the voice of the tea party movement’s allies in the entertainment industry for a while now. He has flirted with this kind of rhetoric before, but this time he seems to have gone too far even for the tea party-loving mainstream media. However, it is possible the tide is turning and the angry left is overtaking the angry right in the streets and, perhaps one day, in the media as well.

The tea party seems to have become angrier lately; it is probably because the group has become less popular. Many polls have revealed this. Now, the Occupy Wall Street movement, which does not yet have a catchy, media-friendly name, is threatening to take the grassroots political movement spotlight away from the ultra-right wing tea partiers.

At first I didn’t take Occupy Wall Street seriously, largely due to the media’s efforts to both marginalize and vilify the movement. This contrasted greatly with the mostly positive, rapt attention the media paid to the early tea party movement. But it seems the movement is not going away, and now it only needs two things to become more than a footnote in American history: a real name and elite political allies.

Obviously, Occupy Wall Street is an anti-elite movement, but no sociopolitical movement can survive, let alone thrive, without some elite allies. Not every politician is corrupt; not all corporations are evil; not every union is self-serving. There are people who can be enlisted in the crusade against the far right, represented by the bigoted Williams. I read a column this week about socalled “justice Democrats,” who seem to be pushing on the inside for many of the reforms protesters on the outside seek. Labor unions, these “justice Democrats,” Warren Buffett and many other elites can be conscripted to ensure socioeconomic fairness and justice for all groups in the U.S. Rather than being called the Occupy Wall Street movement or allowing its opponents to label them “occupiers,” we need a name for our movement — how about the New Civil Rights movement or, better yet, the Justice Movement.

Social justice for all is not just a concept that can unify the left; it’s something to energize those who aren’t dedicated leftists but do have a problem with the anti-socioeconomic equality message put out by the tea party and its elite far-right allies. In this election cycle, it is vitally important to associate the Justice Movement, as I have branded it, with the Democratic Party. It is also important to enlist centrist religious groups, such as the Catholic Church, to counteract conservative, laissez-faire evangelical Christian groups.

If Democrats are to beat back the darkness that is the far right in the next election, they need a theme to rally a coalition of the non-extreme.

The Justice Movement is that theme.

Christopher Binetti is a doctoral student in government and politics. He can be reached at ratboy585@aol.com.

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REVIEW | CHILD OF EDEN

ENTER THE MATRIX Music and visuals fuse for a distinctive interactive experience miss an enemy, you miss a note, and the soundtrack changes.

While the musical aspect is great, Child There should be more games like Child of of Eden really is a shooter at heart. Players Eden. I don’t mean chaotic shooters mixing are put on tracks to follow through the music and various graphical styles — I simply Archives, and there are a variety of forms to fire at. The game can be played with mean creative, original games.

Published by Ubisoft and developed by Q either the DualShock 3 or the PlayStation Entertainment, Child of Eden was first Move motion controller, providing for two released (and unfortunately, overlooked) in different control schemes. The standard June for the Xbox 360 and Kinect. This review controller provides for a tighter experifocuses on the PlayStation 3 version, which ence, but it’s easy to get engrossed in the motion controls. Move’s colored, light-up was released at the end of September.

The game takes place inside Eden, an Inter- tops, perhaps unintentionally, take some net-esque archive of all human memories. As color and add it to the player’s hands. The viruses attack Project Lumi — an attempt to controllers’ vibrations work with the music, mixing the soundproduce a human personality track and controls. inside Eden — players dive VERDICT: It should be meninto the virtual archives to tioned that the game save it.

Child of Eden brings an is short. The five Once players enter Eden, inventive, sensory experiArchives, which are they’re in for a treat — the five ence to the PlayStation 3, admittedly difficult, Archives, or levels, are all visubut it lacks longevity. are the entire game. ally exciting. Designer Tetsuya They can be Mizuguchi’s (Ninety-Nine Nights) hand in the game is impossible to replayed and may change slightly each time, ignore as Child of Eden shares some aesthetic but the content that is there is slightly limited.

You may be forced to replay old levels touches with his other titles, such as Lumines and Rez. The visuals are a barrage of sensory until you do well enough to progress to the information as colors and shapes come next one. Each level gives you a number of together in unique combinations. Each archive stars based on how well you perform. If you don’t perform well enough, you have to go is absolutely beautiful.

The PlayStation 3 version of the game is back in to collect more stars. This gets quite distinct because it can be played in stereo- repetitive, as there are so few Archives.

It’s hard to classify a game like Child of scopic 3-D if you have the equipment, though Eden. It’s an on-rails shooter, but it’s also a we were unable to test it.

Some might consider Child of Eden to be a multimedia experience that integrates graphmusic game. As you move through the ics, sound and controls together. In short, it’s archives, a basic backing track plays. Firing a fascinating and creative experiment that upon enemy viruses brings about new pays off, if only for a little while. sounds that build upon each other, creating full-fledged musical compositions. If you afreedman@umdbk.com

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Midfielder John Stertzer, top center, redirects a first-half corner kick from midfielder Jereme Raley for his first of two goals during the Terps’ 2-1 win against Rutgers last night. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

NOTEBOOK from page 8 whatsoever,” O’Brien said.

“He’s the real deal. People knew that [by] the middle of [training] camp. … I think he brings a lot of energy to the offense.”

ROAD TEST More than a month after their season began, the Terps will enter a stadium other than Byrd Stadium for the first time Saturday when they play at No. 13 Georgia Tech.

For a roster rife with inexperience — the Terps have 14 freshmen on their two-deep — the team’s first road test at Bobby Dodd Stadium will present a unique challenge.

“We’ll play crowd noise at practice on Wednesday and Thursday,” Edsall said. “We’ll make it loud so, from a communication standpoint, our kids will be used to it.

“All I tell the kids to do is to focus on what happens

between the lines. It’s us against 55,000 people. That gets the competitive juices flowing.”

Some of the team’s veterans, like defensive tackle Joe Vellano, said the team’s season-opening, prime-time game against Miami on Labor Day served as an eye-opener for the Terps’ youngsters.

“You’re probably not going to get that much more of a hype game than we had against Miami,” Vellano said. “That’s a huge game to already have under your belt.”

THIRD-DOWN WOES As the Terps enter a trying stretch in their conference schedule with their dreams of an ACC Championship intact — they’re still 1-0 in conference play — they know they must bolster their performance on third down on both sides of the ball.

The Terps’ offense has converted just 37.7 percent of its third downs to this point in the year. Boston College is

the only ACC squad with a lower conversion rate.

Defensively, things are worse. The Terps rank last in the ACC, with opponents converting on 48.2 percent of their third downs.

As a result, the Terps have lost the time-of-possession battle handily in each of their first four games.

“We’ve tried a little bit of everything,” Edsall said.

“We’ve just got to get better … at executing the things that we’re calling. It’s got to get a whole lot better.”

With one of the nation’s best, and most time-consuming, attacks awaiting them Saturday in Atlanta, the Terps will have to change that trend if they hope to hang with the Yellow Jackets.

“Every week, you want to convert on third downs, but I think it’s magnified now,” O’Brien said, “because when you punt the ball, you never know when you’re going to get it back.” cwalsh@umdbk.com

on the scoreboard when he headed midfielder Jereme Raley’s corner kick past a diving McMullen at the near post. The score gave the Terps an early 1-0 lead, and triggered a round of “Happy Birthday” from the supportive legions of “The Crew” on hand.

Rutgers didn’t make the four-hour trek down the Jersey Turnpike to celebrate any birthdays, however, and quickly put a kibosh on the festivities.

Less than two minutes after Stertzer’s score, Scarlet Knights forward Sam Archer rebounded a shot off Terps goalkeeper Will Swaim and evened the score with a 6-yard goal of his own.

“Everything was slow for us in that first half,” coach Sasho Cirovski said of the Terps, who entered halftime with a season-low two shots. “We were one thought too slow and one step too slow.”

That talk seemed to fall on deaf ears, however, as the Scarlet Knights outhustled the Terps in the opening minutes of the second half. Rutgers put four shots on goal within the period’s opening 10 minutes as the Terps strug-

gled to gain possession for one of the first times this season.

“It was frustrating to see how flat-footed our guys were,” said Swaim, who more than doubled his per-game save average with five last night. “But you know, that’s just part of the role of a goalkeeper. You’ve got to suck it up and deal with what you got. And given how we started that second half, I think we definitely had our stripes on as it progressed.”

Although the Terps squelched Rutgers’ attack in the latter half of the period, they continuously failed to find the back of the net. Their best chance to take the game in regulation came in the 85th minute, when Stertzer’s open look just outside the penalty box sailed over the net.

That misfire was all but forgotten 12 minutes later, though, when Stertzer’s header clinched the Terps’ 11th win of the season.

And for the mild-mannered Stertzer, the celebration that ensued following that goal was all he needed to cap a memorable 21st.

That is, except for a little quality time with his parents.

“I’ll probably go out to eat with my family to celebrate,” Stertzer said. letourneau@umdbk.com

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playing them every year.”

The Terps have found recent success against their two upcoming ACC opponents, winning three straight against Duke and defeating North Carolina three times last season, most notably in the ACC and NCAA Championships.

The team’s matchup with Old Dominion, however, is a different story. The Monarchs are the only team the Terps face twice each regular season, and before this year, the Terps had topped the Monarchs in 12 straight contests.

But Old Dominion handed the Terps a 4-0 loss on Sept. 2 and will likely enter the teams’ Oct. 14 game undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the country.

“The reality is, to a great team, if you get caught up in stories, you’ll find yourself behind,” Meharg said. “That’s just my coaching style. I don’t coach off revenge or these ‘rivalries’ and whatnot. Any given year it could be a close game.” vitale@umdbk.com

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A global education Kauffman policy scholar discusses importance of globalization in higher education at event yesterday

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Ben Wildavsky, a policy scholar at the Kauffman Foundation, spoke yesterday about the increased competition among colleges to globalize. MAYA MUNOZ/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK

Higher education has become competitive on a global level, and this university is one of many stepping up its game to remain a key player.

Ben Wildavsky, senior scholar in research and policy at the Kauffman Foundation, held a talk at the School of Public Policy yesterday on how global universities are reshaping the world’s higher education system.

More than a dozen attended the forum, which mainly focused on the mobility of students and faculty to and from foreign countries, the emergence of global college rankings and the race to create world-class universities.

This university ranked 38th of 500 international institutions this year in the Academic Rating of World Universities by Shanghai

Ranking Consultancy and has hovered around that number since 2006, up from its 2003 ranking of 75. “[Rankings] have the potential to be useful to schools, students, policy members, et cetera, and can spur competition and ultimately help the university improve. It provides a kind of academic currency,” Wildavsky said.

“My impression is the University of Maryland is very much engaged in the global academic marketplace.”

While in India, Wildavsky said he spoke with this university’s chair of the department of computer science, Larry Davis, who was visiting a college in the country to recruit international graduate students.

“All science departments rely heavily on students overseas, so it’s not unusual for faculty when traveling to go to universities and meet potential students,”

Davis said. “Maryland is trying to establish a community with people around the world.”

Public policy professor Robert Nelson, the forum’s co-director, said that over the past 15 years he has taught at this university, he has traveled all around the world.

Other countries have recently been worried about the “brain drain,” said Wildavsk, referring to an expanding phenomenon wherein students leave their countries and move to the West for schooling, causing that nation to lose its best minds.

“It’s become more of a brain circulation or brain exchange,” Wildavsky said. “China and India are sending lots of students to the West, and there’s lots of opportunity to go back home.

There’s not the old sort of Eastto-West pattern.”

Public policy graduate student Yu Zhang said she is here to study but will be returning to her home in China as a sea turtle might, referring to a comment Wildavsky made about foreign students returning to their home, just as a sea turtle returns to its beach of birth.

“Maryland does a good job globally — it focuses on lots of diverse values, which is why I came here. Everyone here is very friendly to international students,” she said.

In the coming years, Wildavsky said he hopes countries can put aside their differences for a better world and a brighter hope for higher education.

“We need more well-trained minds, regardless of nationality,” he said. “It’s not a matter of vacuuming up knowledge all for our own, it’s about spreading it.” romas@umdbk.com

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Townsend nabs ACC honor Terrapins men’s soccer forward Casey Townsend was named ACC Player of the Week yesterday after two goals last week. Read more at TerrapinTrail.com.

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Pickett’s charge takes freshman for quite a ride Last member of ’11 class standing out; Terps set for season’s first road test

BY CONOR WALSH Senior staff writer

Midfielder Sunny Jane shields a Rutgers defender during the No. 2 Terps’ 2-1 win last night.

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Coming of age

Justus Pickett arrived in College Park as the final member of the Terrapins football team’s 2011 recruiting haul.

A third of the way into his freshman season, Pickett’s already surged to the head of his class.

The true freshman running back has appeared in all four games for the Terps, and after a breakout performance in Saturday’s win over Towson, Pickett appears primed for more action.

“From the day that he came in here, he’s come in and done all the things that we’ve asked and tries to do everything the way that we want it done,” coach Randy Edsall said at his weekly press conference yesterday.

“What he’s done, he’s put himself in a position to earn more playing time. That’s how we’re going to do things around here.

Guys go out and perform? Guess what, you’ve earned the right to be on the field a little bit more.”

Edsall indicated that Pickett’s increase in playing time will likely come at the expense of sophomore running back D.J. Adams, last year’s No. 2 back.

While Adams rumbled 15 yards for the Terps’ first touchdown Saturday, he received only two more carries, and Edsall expressed disappointment in his performance after the game.

Pickett, meanwhile, who was not available to comment, broke through against the Tigers with

PICKETT PROFILE Name: Justus Pickett Position: Running back Hometown: Charlotte, N.C. Year: True freshman Statistics: 24 carries, 111 yards, one touchdown Trivia: Pickett, the final member of the Terps’ 2011 recruiting class, signed with the program Feb. 7, five days after National Signing Day

a career-high 82 rushing yards and his first-ever touchdown, seemingly establishing himself as the change-of-pace option behind starting running back Davin Meggett.

“You’ll probably see Justus a little bit more,” Edsall said.

“Going for ward, it might be a situation where we’ll just be using those two and maybe [freshman] Jeremiah [Wilson] on third down.”

Considering Terps quarterback and fellow North Carolina native Danny O’Brien’s heavy push for Pickett to join the Terps last winter, it’s no surprise the team’s signal caller is comfortable with the freshman in his backfield.

“When he’s out there, we don’t drop off [in] talent level

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On his 21st birthday, Stertzer scores twice in 2-1 victory over Rutgers

BY CONNOR LETOURNEAU Staff writer

Stepping onto Ludwig Field last night, John Stertzer was determined to celebrate his 21st birthday in style.

And though it might have taken a little longer and a little more effort than expected against an unranked Rutgers squad, the Terrapins soccer midfielder did just that.

Stertzer scored both of the No. 2 Terps’ goals en route to a 2-1 overtime win over the Scarlet Knights in front of 2,246, keeping the team’s unbeaten season alive for at least another night.

“It’s great to get goals on my birthday,” he said. “But we had a job to do tonight, and the best gift was just to get the win.”

As part of a “Power in Pink” initiative last night, the Terps wore special pink jerseys. JEREMY KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK

Coming off two wins over top-15 teams last week, the Terps (11-0-1) appeared

fatigued throughout much of the 97 minutes last night. It was their 12th game in a little

FIELD HOCKEY

Daunting three-week stretch awaits Terps

BY JOSH VITALE Staff writer

Through the first five weeks of the season, the Terrapins field hockey team has passed nearly all of its tests with ease. The team has won 10 of 11 games, has the ACC’s best offense and is ranked No. 3 in the nation, all but cementing the Terps as a national title favorite.

But with games against three of their most storied rivals — all of whom are ranked in the top 10 — the next three weeks of the season will likely be the toughest stretch of competition the Terps face all season.

They play at No. 8 Duke on Saturday, host No. 1 Old Dominion the following weekend and will travel back to Tobacco Road to face No. 2 North Carolina on Oct. 22, with games against local foes American and Towson also falling during that stretch. But even with the tough competition ahead, coach Missy Meharg said the team has to treat the games no differently than any other.

“It depends on your philosophy of coaching whether you have rivals or not,” Meharg said. “I think every game is a rivalry because you end up

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more than a month, and those tired legs showed against a Rutgers (4-5-1) team that had tied Division II school Adelphi just last week.

But Stertzer wasn’t going to let a little bit of exhaustion ruin his birthday plans.

Seven minutes into the first sudden-death overtime period, he notched his second game winner of the season when he caught a looping pass from defender Alex Lee and flicked it past Rutgers goalkeeper Kevin McMullen for a 6-yard score.

It was the Oakton, Va., native’s ninth goal of the season and his second in a little more than an hour.

Midway through the first half, Stertzer put the Terps

see RUTGERS, page 7

Running back Justus Pickett, center, ran for a career-high 82 yards and his first collegiate touchdown on 14 carries Saturday in a 28-3 victory against Towson. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

MORE ONLINE >>> Georgia Tech could be without two starting linebackers Saturday against the Terps. Get the details online at TerrapinTrail.com.

TERPS’ SIGN LANGUAGE Lady Gaga. Scott Van Pelt. A tiger.

The Washington Monument. What possible link could a set of seemingly disparate images have with the Terrapins football team? While the Terps themselves are keeping mum on just what each means, their mere presence on playcalling cards this year has created a bit of buzz. For beat writer Conor Walsh’s report on the placards and a photographic look at what the Terps have rolled out this year, visit TerrapinTrail.com.

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Sex in College Park

The Diamondback October 5, 2011

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Sex in College Park: The best of the best Key points from this year’s edition

BY LAUREN REDDING Senior staff writer

Between classes, clubs, hanging out with friends and — hopefully — having sex, there’s little time to do extracurricular reading. So, if you’re going to read any page of this tab, go ahead and read this one.

We’ve compiled some of the best hints and stor y tidbits on this one page. If you like what you see, go ahead and read on. If not, carr y on and enjoy your next conquest.

Walk of shame: 101 — Follow some of these tips to ensure your walk of shame is anything but shameful. Plan ahead a little, improvise a cover-up with a boy’s shirt and keep your head high.

The walk of shame is about to be the walk of pride. See page eight for more.

The art of sexiling — It’s hap-

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pened to most students. If you’re lucky, you’re the one doing the sexiling. If not, follow some of these tips for dealing with a frequently visited roommate. See page four for more.

Keep it safe — University Health Center representatives offer some advice on how to keep sex fun and — most of all — safe. See page six for more.

Extra condoms? — That doesn’t have to be a bad thing.

See staff writer Richard Abdill’s stor y on what to do with extra latex friends. Options include making finger puppets and waterproof cell phone cases. See For tips on safe sex from the University Health Center, see page six. page three for more.

Drop the booty — Read about a university student’s extracurricular project: Running a collegiate website for sharing hookup stories. See page five for more. redding@umdbk.com

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Lessons with latex Got a drawer full of old condoms? Put them to good use

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It’s always prudent to have a few condoms handy in the sock drawer — if one finds oneself in a situation that calls for protection, one would hate to turn that special friend away.

But sometimes things don’t pan out, there is no special friend, and the rubbers once purchased with such pride and optimism instead sit unused.

Always keep an eye on that expiration date — past that date, the latex isn’t at its prime resiliency, and you don’t want to play that kind of Russian roulette.

But those love jackets might have gone bad even if they’re not technically expired, according to Planned Parenthood: “Long exposure to air, heat, and light makes them more likely to break,” so they might not be as reliable after that long stint in your

back pocket. Use of non-water-based lubricants during sex can also diminish condoms’ effectiveness: The Planned Parenthood website cautions users not to combine condoms with substances such as petroleum jelly, rubbing alcohol or butter.

Massive water balloon — Condoms can hold a lot of water. A hit with one of these will leave the person on the receiving end wetter than springtime in Seattle.

Curiously durable finger puppets — An unlubricated condom, a Sharpie and a little hope are all it takes to make yourself a new friend.

Or five!

Waterproof cell phone case — Can’t bear to part with your Blackberry for an entire kayaking trip?

Stuff it in a condom and tie the end so you don’t have to worry about your phone getting water damage.

A bold hat — If it doesn’t fit over your head, cut off the ring at the

base of the condom. A daring fashion statement that isn’t affected by rain (or other fluids). rich.abdill@umdbk.com

Condoms also make waterproof cell phone cases. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

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The art of sexiling No matter which end of it you’re on, sexiling can be pleasurable for both roommates if you follow these tips

BY KELSEY HUGHES For The Diamondback

Sexile: The state of being banished from one’s room so one’s roommate may engage in sexual activity.

It’s the ubiquitous college experience, a stereotypical rite of passage — your roommate kicks you out of your room because it’s business time.

Sometimes it’s just for one lucky night, but other times roommates’ amorous escapades can get out of control.

“My friend went to Pittsburgh,” said freshman Tanvi Jain. “His roommate actually moved his mattress to another room.”

There are arguably worse fates: walking in on a sweaty situation or, worse, waking up in the same room as one. But sexiling doesn’t have to be an awkward or frustrating experience. With a little consideration and modesty, you can get it on without getting on your roommate’s nerves. Here are some helpful tips to avoiding an uncomfortable situation.

Let your roommate know ahead of time — Gone are the days of the cliche surprise sock on the door, a tacky and impromptu signal of eviction to your roommate. Instead, if you have a hunch something saucy might be brewing, tell your roomie. Even if it’s more spur-ofthe-moment, a quick message still works. As senior Valer y Desdunes said, “Just send me a text and spray the room!”

A quick text or note lets your roommate know you’re keeping his or her interests in mind.

Have a plan. Don’t leave your roommate out in the cold, or without important things he or she might need from the room. If they don’t have any options …

Be flexible — And not in that way. Be understanding if your roommate doesn’t have some-

where to go or has something important to do that requires the room. After all, the living space does belong to both of you. And, if you simply must get it on ever y night, switch up the location — constant sexiling, no matter how considerately you do it, will bother even the most patient roommates.

Lay down the rules — Do this before a situation arises, not after. Bring your exact feelings on the matter to the table right away; put it in your roommate agreement if you’re living on the To avoid this happening to you, follow these tips. campus.

Sophomore Chris Robeck said even though he has a great relationship with his roommate, they still made a point to establish some ground rules in their contract. Their most important rule? “Studying will always come first.” Determining rules early avoids hostility later.

Robeck also warns of the dangerous effects of what he terms “romanticiling” — making a roommate feel weird because you and your significant other are being lovey-dovey.

“The number one thing that I saw people getting sexiled for was not sex,” Robeck said. “It was just cuddling or getting cutesy, and the roommate would feel like they didn’t belong there … it feels wrong.”

It’s not necessarily that you shouldn’t be permitted to be affectionate in your own room, but just remember that you’re not the only person living there.

Be aware of what your roommate is comfortable with.

What it all comes down to is this: Be respectful. Understand your roommate’s needs, and he or she will understand yours as well. Most of all, be safe, and remember to hit the books ever y once in a while. news@umdbk.com

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Droppin’ booties across the nation University student launches Booty Drop website, where college students post hookup stories

BY JAKE HERSHMAN For The Diamondback

Junior letters and sciences major Kevin Lance created Bootydrop.com with a student at Indiana University.

The site is a place for college students to post hookup stories. CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMONDBACK

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Hookup stories used to be shared by hungover college students hunched over pancakes at Plato’s Diner. Now, students have Booty Drop. Started by a university student, the modest website for hookup stories has had more than 43,000 views since the beginning of August and is taking a slow walk of shame across the countr y.

Kevin Lance is a junior letters and sciences major — he did not program the website and does not do any of the maintenance: He is on the administrative side.

The Howard County native intended on majoring in entrepreneurship at Indiana University, but he transferred to this university because he wanted to be close to a large city with more opportunities.

The idea for Booty Drop slowly evolved between Lance and Matt Weaver, his freshman year roommate at Indiana. The two men were rapping an original song they called “Booty Drop” in their dorm. Once, after the song, a TV commercial for domain name registration website GoDaddy.com announced a sale. The two bought a domain for what they thought would be a site for their music — “Thebootydrop.com.” They quickly changed their minds and started joking around about what they could use the address for. Eventually, they decided on a business — stories about drunken sexcapades.

Accepted submissions to the site are posted and available for voting — either “bootylicious” or “booty fail” — with the intention of determining which schools have the craziest tales of lust.

But, as with ever ything, there has been some criticism of the site. A column in the Indiana Daily Student called Booty Drop the “newest, trashiest incarna-

tion” of the many websites publishing drunken exploits. The unsigned column says Booty Drop has all of the sleaze without any of the conciseness that makes other sites funny. “[Texts From Last Night] doesn’t let terrible writers show how terrible at writing they are, whereas on Bootydrop, most of the stories are so poorly written they’re painful to finish... Do we really want to know ever y detail of your hookup last night? Probably not. That’s kind of gross.”

Lance was quick to point out that Booty Drop had several positive differences from sites like College ACB and Texts From Last Night: Posts can only be authored by students, and all users must register with a university email address. After registering, the user is assigned a random ID; no names are used in posting or commenting.

Stories are also moderated to remove all full names and prevent the “trash talk” that plagued websites like CollegeACB.com.

He and Weaver also tr y to weed out the stories that are too farfetched to be true.

“We were going for humor with this site, something funny, clean and safe for ever yone to enjoy,” Lance said.

He also said the site is expanding past Indiana and this university to as many schools as possible, primarily by Facebook advertisements directed at certain colleges. They also hope to make a smartphone application.

“Opening up more networks and knowing people at both schools is great for the website,” he said, adding that friends both here and at Indiana have been advertising by word of mouth and using sidewalk chalk — and not just on sidewalks. Light poles and the back of McKeldin Librar y have also been tagged

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Safe sex, fun sex Follow these Health Center tips

BY QUINN KELLEY For The Diamondback

Sex happens. Unfortunately, so do sexually transmitted infections. If you’re going to have sex, consider these safe sex tips from Jenna Beckwith, the University Health Center’s sexual health program coordinator.

Know your body — “The better you know your body, the more easily you know if something’s going on,” Beckwith said.

She said students should selfexamine their bodies, so they know if something seems out of the ordinar y. “The sooner you get treatment, the sooner you help your body and the sooner you can prevent yourself from hurting others.”

Get consent — Sex without consent is rape. Beckwith said if someone is under the influence of any substance, they cannot give legal consent.

Communicate — Beckwith

emphasized “preventative, proactive communication” — talking about issues before they come up — rather than waiting for something to react to, especially about HIV and sexually transmitted infection testing and results. She said partners should also communicate about boundaries, limits and what each partner is comfortable with.

Get tested — Just because you don’t have symptoms doesn’t mean you aren’t infected.

Beckwith said many students don’t get tested when they are in a monogamous relationship, but if a partner does not get tested, he or she can be re-exposing his or her partner to an STI every time they have sex. Beckwith recommended getting tested for HIV and STIs once every six months or in between sexual partners; many tests are available at the University Health Center. news@umdbk.com

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hopefully you know each other — if you can borrow a button-down shirt. Button it up, roll up the sleeves, tuck it into your skirt and you’ve got a semi-appropriate ensemble for walking home. Boys, don’t be afraid to lend your lady a shirt. Think of it this way: She’ll have to come back to return it.

Slip ’em off — The biggest giveaway for a walk-of-shamer is the shoes. If you’re teetering down College Avenue at 10 a.m. in open-toed stilettos, it’s clear you never made it home. The easiest solution? Just take them off. Ask your man-friend for a plastic bag to stick them in and be on your way. In the daylight, no shoes is way better than bar shoes.

Rock the walk — This is the big one, girls: Use it as an ego-boost.

You’re a big girl; you can go out, leave with a guy and get yourself home in one piece. What’s wrong with that? Rock the walk of shame like you strut into a bar or party. All eyes may be on you, but with a little confidence, the only thing spectators will be left thinking is, “Damn, that girl had an awesome night.” redding@umdbk.com

BOOTY from page 5 on this campus, and there is also a footbridge in Indiana with “BOOTYDROP.COM” painted in large green letters on the side. Lance said there had also been a fraternity party “sponsored by Booty Drop” — he DJ’d the party and gave out T-shirts.

The disc jockey game is one of Lance’s other ventures into entrepreneurship. He also taught himself how to fix MP3 players, earning much of Booty Drop’s preliminary funding through selling refurbished iPods on eBay. Despite his varied business interests, Lance said he hopes to get into the business school and eventually break into the airline industry. Booty Drop, he said, is an opportunity to have fun and make people laugh.

“If the website doesn’t make it big, we won’t really care,” Lance said. “We aren’t in it to make money, as much as it sounds like we are. We are in it for fun.” news@umdbk.com

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Rock the walk of shame Who says it has to be shameful?

Redefine the strut

BY LAUREN REDDING Senior staff writer

It’s inevitable, ladies — the walk of shame, one of college’s many rites of passage, is bound to happen at least once during your undergraduate careers.

It’s a constant source of mockery among males, a hot gossip topic among other girls and — with Halloween right around the corner — a popular costume of smeared makeup, tangled hair and too-highfor-daylight heels. But for the savvy student, the walk of shame can be anything but. With a little planning and a lot of confidence, you can strut proudly away from your conquest with your head held high.

Plan ahead — Let’s face it, many nights you’ll know if a hookup is possible. This is totally fine; don’t be naive. If you’re too ashamed to plan for it, just think about how disastrous the walk home will be.

Keep a couple key items on you to ensure that walk isn’t so bad. Pick up some travel-sized makeup remover wipes, a small brush and hair bands. One of the most notable traits of a walk-of-shamer is raccoon eyes — taking care of that right away will drastically improve your overall appearance. After a night of partying, the best thing to do with tangled locks is smooth your hair back into a ponytail or bun — hairstyles that convey respectability and composure, even if your night totally lacked both.

Help us out, boys — If you’re rocking a barely-there outfit that could never be pulled off in the daytime, ask your hookup —

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